"As always, sly": GUR reacted to Putin's statement about the fall of IL-76 (video)
This was known from the commentary of the representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense Andriy Yusov on the air "Svoboda. Razok" of January 29. "In this situation, he will, as always, sly. First, they have repeatedly recorded" friendly fire "and the beating by Russian means of airplane, anti-missile defense of Russian aircraft in different corners and Russia, and occupied territories, near the front line. It was already.
In addition, if we talk about the system of "your own", it does not always work, but in the case of calculations of portable anti-aircraft missile complexes, which are also saturated with Belgorod, it is not an argument at all, "Yusov said. He called Putin's statement "faster justification. " The GUR representative said that Ukraine was expecting a new fact on a plane crash during a meeting of the UN Security Council.
However, Russia could not provide any new details or evidence that Ukrainian prisoners of war were on board the aircraft. "As for the fate of these people, of course, we have to make every effort to find out it - it will be done. According to him, photos and videos from the scene of the incident is not enough, and all of them do not allow to determine the means of damage to the aircraft.
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of having information about the flight of its servicemen and knocked down the aircraft. According to him, it is unknown whether the blow was deliberate or mistaken, but the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation allegedly recorded the start of two missiles and after 2-3 minutes IL-76 was struck. "It could not be a friendly fire in any circumstances," said the leader of the aggressor country.